Rotary Club of Melbourne
www.rotaryclubofmelbourne.org.au

Meeting No 4927 in the Club’s 101^st year

Highlights in this bulletin include: 

• This Week's Meeting 
• Last Week's Meeting
• Upcoming Meetings & Events
• Member News
• Club News 
• District News

This Week's Meeting 

Wednesday 9 March – Lunch Meeting 

Celebrating International Women’s Day

Speaker Dr Gael Jennings AM (note Gael will beam in via ZOOM)

Topic ‘STEM, The Way of the Future!’

Venue No 35 Sofitel & ZOOM Online only

Time: 1230 for 1250 - 2pm

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL FOR CATERING PURPOSES

For in person attendance register by Monday 7 March please.

Register https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melbourne-9-mar    

Upcoming Meetings & Events

The following Club meetings will be either at Level 35, Sofitel and/or online. Venue and login details will be circulated in club communications and on the Website.  Lunch meetings will be delivered as hybrids,  broadcasting via zoom, and meeting in person each meeting.  Please ensure if you intend to attend that you have registered on Humanitix as limits apply.

• 16 March EVENING @Online via ZOOM - Jim Rogers, Eminent Financier& Author from Singapore – ‘Investing and Creating Businesses in the Post Pandemic World’

• 23 March LUNCH @ Sofitel No35 - Emma Germano, President, Victorian Farmers' Federation - ‘Rural & Regional Australia after the Pandemic’
  Register via Humanitix: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-23-mar

• 30 March LUNCH @ Sofitel No35 - Trevor Jensen, Civil Aviation Consultant, former Ansett head of Operations – ‘Technology and the Future of Civil Aviation’

• 6 April LUNCH @ Sofitel No35 – Brendon Gale, CEO & Exexutive Director, Richmond Football Club – ‘The Impact of Indigenous Reconciliation on Club Performance’
   

Last Week's Meeting  

Our guest speaker on Wednesday 2 March was Adam Jacoby, Founder and Chairman of Global democracy movement MiVote.  Adam delivered an impressive presentation 'Ethics in a digital age'.

View his presentation here.    

Reflection

Thank you to Robert Fisher for last week's reflection.      

Member News

After more than two decades of advocacy from survivors and their families, the Victorian Government have committed to a Stolen Generations redress scheme.    

Thank you to Peter Dakin for providing this article on Rotary Melbourne member Adrian Kloeden.    

Sad news.

Colin Bennett, Sir John Monash's grandson and Michael Bennett’s father passed away on 23 February.  You may remember his wonderful articles in The Age where he was film critic for some 25 years.

I met him at the unveiling of Monash statue in 2015.  A quiet, gentle and sincere man who was chuffed by the statue.  I guess he inherited some traits from his grandfather as indeed does Michael.

A celebration of John COLIN Monash Bennett’s life will be held at White Lady Brighton Chapel on Friday 18 March commencing at 2:30pm.

Peter McCall OAM    

Club News  

Footy Tipping is an important fund raising initiative of the club.

See attached flyer. 

The Rotary Club of Melbourne Young Achievers awards recognise and honour annually up to three outstanding young Victorians with an award and a cheque for $1,500.    

In case you missed this announcement earlier.

Are you in business or do you know of a business who might be able to take on an intern from the BSL Kick Start program for 4 weeks?     

Join the Club’s lunchtime Setup or Reception teams, which are responsible for setup and greeting members and guests at in-person meetings.  It's a good way to meet Members and learn people’s names.    

District News   

It’s not too late to register for the District Conference in Albury. There are currently 300 registrations. For first time conference attendees the registration cost is $330.

Click here to register.    

In the eight months since we opened the doors to RIMERN (Rotary Inner Melbourne Emergency Relief Network)’s East Brunswick warehouse we’ve made enormous strides!     

The Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show is being held from 30 March to 3 April 2022. Travellers Aid Australia (TAA) and Rotary Central Melbourne (RCM) will support the Flower and Garden Show by making the event more accessible and inclusive.     

Walk 4km for the thousands of lives lost every year to Malaria and raise funds for Rotary projects to eliminate Malaria.    

Applications for the District 9800 Peace Fellowships for 2022 are now open.     

The Rotary Leadership Institute Program presents a wonderful opportunity for experienced Rotarians, new members and indeed people interested in finding out more about Rotary to take some time to experience the history, current and new initiatives related to this great organisation we call Rotary.       

Members can read the March 2022 Rotary Downunder online here.
Rotary Melbourne members may interested to read about the East Gippsland Timber Milling project on page 40.     

The Australian Rotary Health 2 March 2022 newsletter is available here.    

Member Anniversaries 

Trevor Neroy (3 TODAY!), Peter Hanlon (4), Jim Orchard (5).

  This week to: Mev Connell, Graeme Whitelaw.

Guests at Last Meeting

Guest of Club Adam Jacoby (Speaker).

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